- A
majority, also
called a
simple majority to
distinguish it from
similar terms (see the "Related terms"
section below), is the
greater part, or more than...
- A
majority government refers to one or
multiple governing parties that hold an
absolute majority of
seats in a legislature. This is as
opposed to a minority...
- The age of
majority is the
threshold of
adulthood as
recognized or
declared in law. It is the
moment when
minors cease to be
considered such and ****ume...
- The
silent majority is an
unspecified large group of
people in a
country or
group who do not
express their opinions publicly. The term was po****rized...
- the
majority floor leader is a
partisan position in a
legislative body. In the
federal Congress of the
United States, the
roles of the
House Majority Leader...
- A supermajority, supra-
majority,
qualified majority or
special majority, is a
requirement for a
proposal to gain a
specified level of
support which is...
-
although there are no
agreed criteria for inclusion. The term Muslim-
majority countries is an
alternative often used for the
latter sense. The history...
- The
tyranny of the
majority (or
tyranny of the m****es) is an
inherent weakness to
majority rule in
which the
majority of an
electorate pursues exclusively...
-
Majority rule is a
decision rule that
selects alternatives which have a
majority, that is, more than half the votes. It is the
binary decision rule used...
- A
majority-minority or minority-
majority area is a term used to
refer to a
subdivision in
which one or more racial, ethnic, and/or
religious minorities...
